The possum scoring system: An instrument for measuring quality in surgical patients;Sistema POSSUM. Un instrumento de medida de la calidad en el paciente quirúrgico

Cirugia Espanola

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 395-399

  Campillo Soto, Álvaro ^a   Flores Pastor, Benito ^a   Soria Aledo, Víctor ^a   Candel Arenas, Marife ^a   Andrés García, Bruno ^a   Martín Lorenzo, Juan Gervasio ^a   Aguayo Albasini, José Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; POSSUM; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447336964     PISSN: 0009739X     EISSN: 1578147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-739X(06)70993-9     Document Type: Article

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